I had a buyer for my bottle raised Buckling. He has turned out to be really nice. His mother was always my best producer hands down Anyways , They had another buckling they were looking at as well, but had decided on Luke.

I just happened to look at the back of him and noticed he had 1 odd shaped testicle hanging . I never thought to look before as he acts like a buck ( lip curling, chasing girls, sniffing backsides).

It even looks to be coming out of his body wrong .

I did point it out and they did take the other buck they liked ( they really liked Luke).

So do you think he is sterile? I will just take him to the sale barn in Sept. Sad because he is really well built

The only true way to know is to take him to the Vet and see if his other testicle is inside him. Which could be bad....a retained testicle isn't a good thing with these boys. When you feel of the sack, can you only feel one testicle?

Right now, he is "bucky"...I've known a lot of breeders to run "single testicle" (had them cut that way) boys with their girls to tell them when the girls are in season and they can put the buck in with them. Some people call them "teaser" bucks...but they are sterile. However, it doesn't mean your boy is sterile. He may have one that's under sized and it's still there.

He is a gorgeous boy for sure. Love that color!!! And his sister is a little beauty.

Birdie-- It even feels strange, just hard as a rock and there is no softness around it in the sac like a normal boy. I went around "feeling " everybody for comparison and got a wide range of reactions to that

No I wouldn't want to pass it on Charles which is why I won't sell him to a private buyer. I don't even think it could be banded or cut as it is just as thick going into his body as what you see hanging. Very odd.

I did a little research to see if I could find the cause of hardened testicles, and I found nothing at all. I found retained and distended and other testicle issues, but nothing about hard testicles. A puzzler for sure.

I had a nice man come to buy one of my other bucks and they had no other goats yet. After talking about it he was concerned about the young guy being lonely. I offered him "Luke" (my one testicled guy) at a reduced price as a companion and upon further inspection I was able to easily band him

I am thrilled as he will be a perfect pet for his 2 young girls and being brothers he will be an excellent wether companion for the buck. I have 7 boys left and we plan on going to the sale barn next week. I just hated to see Luke go there as he was so pretty and well, my baby.